Roots of the Republic: American Founding Documents InterpretedStephen L. Schechter Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1991 M11 1 - 472 páginas Roots of the Republic shows how the Constitution was a product, not simply of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, but of a legal and philosophical tradition almost two centuries old. The editors have selected eighteen key documents in the development of that tradition and reproduced them with essays that explain what they mean, why they were written, and why they are important today. Each key document is accompanied by an interpretive essay written by a contemporary scholar. These essays focus on the importance of each frame of government and include commentaries on why they are meaningful today. Intended to help readers learn how to read and understand these documents, the book is also a handy reference and a strong introduction to the development of political thought and the debates surrounding the formation of the state governments and the federal union. |
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... office support needed to work on this and other Commission publications . Richard and I both express our thanks to Dean Sexton , to his staff ( Karen Stember , Eva M. Memon , April Holder , Rhonda Malvey , and Alessandra Messineo ) ...
... office support needed to work on this and other Commission publications . Richard and I both express our thanks to Dean Sexton , to his staff ( Karen Stember , Eva M. Memon , April Holder , Rhonda Malvey , and Alessandra Messineo ) ...
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... office , electoral procedures , nature of the representational system ( for example , proportional , single - member , and so forth ) , and the basis for reapportionment of legislative districts . Arrangement of offices , setting out ...
... office , electoral procedures , nature of the representational system ( for example , proportional , single - member , and so forth ) , and the basis for reapportionment of legislative districts . Arrangement of offices , setting out ...
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... office . 20 Every governor had to be a former magistrate , and every magistrate had to be a freeman in one of the towns . Each governor also had to be a member in good standing of some recognized church . Jews and Catholics were not at ...
... office . 20 Every governor had to be a former magistrate , and every magistrate had to be a freeman in one of the towns . Each governor also had to be a member in good standing of some recognized church . Jews and Catholics were not at ...
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... office model of the good society , " to borrow Arthur Bestor's term . Rather , the Eastchester settlers seemed more concerned with securing an up- right and working agricultural community along the lines to which they were accustomed ...
... office model of the good society , " to borrow Arthur Bestor's term . Rather , the Eastchester settlers seemed more concerned with securing an up- right and working agricultural community along the lines to which they were accustomed ...
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... office of stad- holder ( the nearest equivalent English phrase at the time was " captain general , " a title given to every royal governor in the colonies ) , and William quickly became a potent symbol of beleaguered international ...
... office of stad- holder ( the nearest equivalent English phrase at the time was " captain general , " a title given to every royal governor in the colonies ) , and William quickly became a potent symbol of beleaguered international ...
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